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George Soros gets ranked among the leading philanthropists in the world. As a philanthropist, George has donated over thirty-two billion dollars of his treasures to support the work of the Open Society projects all over the globe. George gets credited with being the one who established and becoming the major supporter of the Budapest’s Central European University. This University is the top institution that educates its students in social sciences.

Through Gorge Soros and his sponsorship through the Open Society Foundations, he has managed to support people including firms and organizations all over the world that fight for unaccountable governments, liberty of expression including societies that back equality and justice. Through the foundation, Soros has managed to offer fees for to numerous talented students in various learning institutions who may be denied learning because of their poor background and their identity.

His charitable giving gets dedicated to many that face discrimination because of whom they are as people. George Soros has funded organizations that represent the Roma people of Europe and other people that get discriminated in the society that include sex workers, drug users and the LGBTI persons.

George started his philanthropic character in 1979 by giving scholarships to black South Africans that were under racial discrimination. He continued with this nature such that in the 1980s he assisted in supporting the open exchange of ideas in Communist Hungary. To help that initiative, he funded the educational visits to the west and promoted new cultural firms and other enterprises.
In the political sector, George is also not left out.

He has funded Democrats politicians in the national campaigns. For example, Soros supported the candidature of Hillary Clinton other Democrat candidates. To help he donated one million to the Super PAC Priorities which was promoting Hillary Clinton’s presidential race. He also supported the re-election of Barack Obama as the President of USA by also donating one million dollars to super PAC.

Recently, Soros has donated eighteen billion dollars of his wealth to Open Society Foundation. This donation amounts to more than thirty billion dollars of the total contributions he has made to foundations from the year 1984. The main thing that stirs him to offer such donations is his commitment to fighting the world’s most stubborn problems. Through his contributions, Soros has managed to be independence than other individuals.

Soros is a Hungarian-American who was born in 1930 when Hungary was under Nazi of Germany. Having survived the brutal killings that Jews were facing by the Nazi through his father’s cleverness in faking their identities and also assisting others. Soros had then grown and later moved to England to further his education. While there he had the opportunity to work as humble porter at one of the train station to earn extra pocket money to support himself.

Gorge Soros was attending school at London School of Economics where graduated with a bachelor’s degree and later in a master’s degree in philosophy. From there he moved to the United States and begun working on Wall Street.

Dr. Clay Siegall is more than your average doctor, he is a man of many acts. Thanks to having an extensive educational background, this extraordinary man is known by many people as a doctor, a philanthropist, a mentor, a scientist, an entrepreneur and an author. Siegall is well-known in the cancer research community because he has done so much to better mankind. Siegall is the CEO and president of Seattle Genetics, which is one of the leading oncology biotech companies in the world. The company specializes in developing antibody-based therapies for cancer treatment. Located in Bothell, Washington, Seattle Genetics employs an estimated 1,000 employees.

When it comes to taking a more progressive approach to fighting this disease, few people can outperform Siegall. This guy has a strong passion for what he believes in, and he has the perseverance to fully-stay the course. Siegall has been working in this exlusive community for more than 30 years. Bristol Myers Squibb, the National Institute of Health and the National Cancer Institute have all benefited from his wide range of services. Proving great leadership is the name of the game and Siegall personifies this the best. His love for fighting cancer came into fruition when he was in college. During this time, his father was being treated for the disease, and he saw just how harsh these treatments could be. Siegall made a vow to himself to make a change for the better and this is how Seattle Genetics came to be.

This company has some of the highest of quality antibody-based therapies. ADCETRIS is the company’s flagship drug, and it is currently being used all around the world. Thanks to Seattle Genetics’ progressive approach, the company has at least 20 new advanced drugs in its pipeline. The future looks very bright in the fight against cancer and Dr. Clay Siegall will continue to steer the ship to even more success.